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UFC champ Jon Jones agrees to anger management classes to resolve assault charge

Oct. 29, 2024 12:49 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — UFC heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones has agreed to attend four hours of anger management classes to resolve a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was accused of being hostile. A bench trial was...

Alcaraz rallies past Sinner to win China Open and make it 3-for-3 against his top rival this year

Oct. 02, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz won seven straight points in the decisive tiebreaker to beat top-ranked Jannik Sinner 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3) and win the China Open on Wednesday, extending his recent mastery over his biggest rival — who is dealing with an ongoing doping case. The...

Could a doping probe strip Salt Lake City of the 2034 Olympics? The IOC president says it's unlikely

Sep. 29, 2024 06:15 AM EDT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — In his first visit back to Utah since awarding Salt Lake City the 2034 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee president sought to ease worries that the city could lose its second Olympics if organizers don't fulfill an agreement to play peacemaker between...

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is 'surprised' over WADA appeal in his doping case

Sep. 28, 2024 13:50 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner said he was “very disappointed and also surprised” after a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Montreal-based body known as WADA announced...

World Anti-Doping Agency appeals steroid case of top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner

Sep. 28, 2024 03:41 AM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — World Anti-Doping Agency appeals steroid case of top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner.

Lawyer says Chinese doping case handled 'reasonably' but calls WADA's lack of action "curious"

Sep. 12, 2024 20:18 PM EDT

An investigator gave the World Anti-Doping Agency a pass on its handling of the inflammatory case involving Chinese swimmers, but not without hammering away at the “curious” nature of WADA's “silence” after examining Chinese actions that did not follow rules designed to safeguard global...

'Stop that urgently.' Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA's urging

Sep. 12, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear embattled Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the leader of that organization's reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently," he wrote. No mention of the...

Deadline approaching for appeals in case that exonerated US Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping

Sep. 09, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Time is running out for appeals to be filed in the case that exonerated U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency and Nado Italia, Italy’s anti-doping agency, likely have only a few more days to challenge the decision announced by the...

Brewers minor league pitcher Ever Urena is suspended 56 games following a positive drug test

Sep. 06, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers minor league pitcher Ever Urena was suspended for 56 games Friday following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under baseball’s drug program for players assigned outside the U.S. and Canada. A 19-year-old...

US Open: The spray that caused Jannik Sinner's failed drug tests has 'DOPING' warning

Sep. 05, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — The word “DOPING” is printed in capital letters inside a red circle with a slash through it on the box containing the over-the-counter spray sold in Italy that caused No. 1-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner to fail two drug tests in March. Sinner was cleared last...